Marius with his new Freedom Tree at the halfway house in Detroit

From Marius: “Help me mark this very first Freedom Tree event on June 11th.”

“Anything will do, as long as it is braided or crocheted or knitted to show how we are all part of a whole together, and stronger together than any one strand alone. There is no particular color combination, as many as you have to weave together. We are all different, but all of us belong together and free.

“Send this to anyone you think might be willing to tie something around a tree (or if they don’t have trees in their neighborhood, a post, a telephone pole, etc).

“Thank you so much for your act of solidarity. Love and freedom, Marius Mason”